Brewer Point Rankings

Style Breakdown for the 2008 National Homebrew Competition

	Style Name	Number of beers advancing

Light Lager
	Lite American Lager	1
	Standard American Lager	7
	Premium American Lager	5
	Munich Helles	9
	Dortmunder Export	8
Pilsner
	German Pilsner (Pils)	10
	Bohemian Pilsener	15
	Classic American Pilsner	8
European Amber Lager
	Vienna Lager	14
	Oktoberfest/Marzen	14
Dark Lager
	Dark American Lager	6
	Munich Dunkel	10
	Schwarzbier	18
Bock
	Maibock/Helles Bock	5
	Traditional Bock	7
	Doppelbock	13
	Eisbock	7
Light Hybrid Beer
	Cream Ale	8
	Blonde Ale	6
	Kolsch	11
	American Wheat or Rye Beer	4
Amber Hybrid Beer
	North German Altbier	7
	California Common Beer	12
	Dusseldorf Altbier	11
English Pale Ale
	Standard/Ordinary Bitter	9
	Special/Best/Premium Bitter	9
	Extra Special/Strong Bitter	12
Scottish and Irish Ale
	Scottish Light 60/-	3
	Scottish Heavy 70/-	3
	Scottish Export 80/-	8
	Irish Red Ale	5
	Strong Scotch Ale	11
American Ale
	American Pale Ale	18
	American Amber Ale	7
	American Brown Ale	5
English Brown Ale
	Mild	12
	Southern English Brown Ale	7
	Northern English Brown Ale	11
Porter
	Brown Porter	9
	Robust Porter	13
	Baltic Porter	11
Stout
	Dry Stout	5
	Sweet Stout	1
	Oatmeal Stout	3
	Foreign Extra Stout	8
	American Stout	6
	Imperial Stout	8
India Pale Ale (IPA)
	English IPA	2
	American IPA	18
	Imperial IPA	10
German Wheat and Rye Beer
	Weizen/Weissbier	13
	Dunkelweizen	6
	Weizenbock	7
	Roggenbier (German Rye Beer)	4
Belgian and French Ale
	Witbier	9
	Belgian Pale Ale	1
	Saison	6
	Biere de Garde	1
	Belgian Specialty Ale	13
Sour Ale
	Berliner Weisse	5
	Flanders Red Ale	4
	Flanders Brown Ale/Oud Bruin	3
	Straight (Unblended) Lambic	7
	Gueuze	3
	Fruit Lambic	6
Belgian Strong Ale
	Belgian Blond Ale	4
	Belgian Dubbel	3
	Belgian Tripel	7
	Belgian Golden Strong Ale	6
	Belgian Dark Strong Ale	10
Strong Ale
	Old Ale	12
	English Barleywine	15
	American Barleywine	7
Fruit Beer
	Fruit Beer	27
Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer
	Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	23
	Christmas/Winter Specialty Spiced	7
Smoke-Flavored and Wood-Aged Beer
	Classic Rauchbier	5
	Other Smoked Beer	7
	Wood-Aged Beer	15
Specialty Beer
	Specialty Beer	30
Traditional Mead
	Dry Mead	3
	Semi-Sweet Mead	9
	Sweet Mead	17
Melomel (Fruit Mead)
	Cyser (Apple Melomel)	3
	Pyment (Grape Melomel)	7
	Other Fruit Melomel	19
Other Mead
	Metheglin	14
	Braggot	3
	Open Category Mead	13
Standard Cider and Perry
	Common Cider	17
	English Cider	4
	French Cider	4
	Common Perry	1
	Traditional Perry	1
Specialty Cider and Perry
	New England Cider	4
	Fruit Cider	9
	Apple Wine	3
	Other Specialty Cider or Perry	8